Democrat Chris Henrichsen ran for US House against Cynthia Lummis and lost. He says the keys is not to bolster the party, but to focus on running candidates that can appeal to different kinds of voters on issues, like Democratic governors have done.

"For me the goal is not ‘How do we revitalize the party’ but how do we sort of make it that we can have viable candidates who can win on occasion but who can also put forward serious challenges on a variety of different levels."

Only three Democratic candidates ran for the 15 Wyoming Senate races up for re-election, and 21 hopefuls out of 60 possible seats in the US House.